Information on Minnesota State Agencies, Boards, Task Forces, and Commissions

Finance Department

Function:16A.055 COMMISSIONER'S DUTIESSubdivision 1. List.(a) The commissioner shall: (1) receive and record all money paid into the state treasury and safely keep it until lawfully paid out; (2) manage the state's financial affairs; (3) keep the state's general account books according to generally accepted government accounting principles; (4) keep expenditure and revenue accounts according to generally accepted government accounting principles; (5) develop, provide instructions for, prescribe, and manage a state uniform accounting system; (6) provide to the state the expertise to ensure that all state funds are accounted for under generally accepted government accounting principles; and (7) coordinate the development of, and maintain standards for, internal auditing in state agencies and, in cooperation with the commissioner of administration, report to the legislature and the governor by January 31 of odd-numbered years, on progress made. (b) In addition to the duties in paragraph (a), the commissioner has the powers and duties given to the commissioner in chapter 43A.

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